firewall doc question

Ryan Giobbi ryan at tgbemail.com
Sun Mar 9 14:04:28 UTC 2008


On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com> wrote:

>  Generally our approach is that where a GUI application exists, it
>  should be recommended above command line interfaces. From what Ryan
>  said, it doesn't seem to me that Firestarter is *that* limited for
>  most users. On that basis I think it should stay as it is. Having said
>  that, some input from an Ubuntu developer who is familiar with both
>  tools would probably be helpful.
>
>  -

I think its adequate for desktop systems without IPv6 connectivity.

If miredo is shipped installed and on by default in 8.04, most Ubuntu
installations will have a public IPv6 address and Firestarter won't be
effective.




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